Dean Toste | |
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| Born | Francisco Dean Toste 1971 (age 53–54) Terceira, Azores, Portugal |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto B.Sc. (1993) M.Sc. (1995) Stanford University Ph.D. (2000) |
| Known for | Organogold chemistry asymmetric ion-pairing catalysis |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | Part A. Phenols in palladium catalyzed reactions. Enantioselective total syntheses of (-)-galanthamine, (-)-aflatoxin B(1) and (-)-calanolide A and B. Part B. Ruthenium catalyzed carbon-carbon bond forming reactions (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Barry Trost |
| Other academic advisors | Robert H. Grubbs Ian Still |
| Doctoral students | Alex Radosevich Mark Levin |
| Other notable students | Hosea Nelson David Nagib Robert Phipps |
| Website | www |
Francisco Dean Toste (born 1971) is the Gerald E. K. Branch Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley and faculty scientist at the chemical sciences division of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. He is a prominent figure in the field of organic chemistry and is best known for his contributions to gold chemistry[1] and asymmetric ion-pairing catalysis.[2] Toste was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2020,[3][4] and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018.[5]
- ^ Johansson, Magnus J.; Gorin, David J.; Staben, Steven T.; Toste, F. Dean (December 1, 2005). "Gold(I)-Catalyzed Stereoselective Olefin Cyclopropanation". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127 (51): 18002–18003. doi:10.1021/ja0552500. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 16366541.
- ^ Hamilton, Gregory L.; Kang, Eun Joo; Mba, Miriam; Toste, F. Dean (July 27, 2007). "A Powerful Chiral Counterion Strategy for Asymmetric Transition Metal Catalysis". Science. 317 (5837): 496–499. Bibcode:2007Sci...317..496H. doi:10.1126/science.1145229. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17656720. S2CID 14368583.
- ^ "2020 NAS Election".
- ^ "F. Dean Toste". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ "F. Dean Toste". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 24, 2021.